So hilariously enough it looks like Carmack got into AGI 4 years ago because Sam Altman tried to recruit him for OpenAI but at the time Carmack knew barely any ML. (I just found the Lex Fidman interview).
The update you are looking for should probably flow in the other direction. Carmack is making an explicit bet on a more brain-like architecture. If he succeeds in his goal of proving out child level AGI raised in VR in 5 years, the safety community should throw out most of their now irrelevant work and focus everything on how to make said new AGI models raised in controlled VR environments safe.
So hilariously enough it looks like Carmack got into AGI 4 years ago because Sam Altman tried to recruit him for OpenAI but at the time Carmack knew barely any ML. (I just found the Lex Fidman interview).
The update you are looking for should probably flow in the other direction. Carmack is making an explicit bet on a more brain-like architecture. If he succeeds in his goal of proving out child level AGI raised in VR in 5 years, the safety community should throw out most of their now irrelevant work and focus everything on how to make said new AGI models raised in controlled VR environments safe.